Closing system-wide yield gaps to increase food production and mitigate GHGs among mixed crop–livestock smallholders in Sub-Saharan Africa

B. Henderson, C. Godde, D. Medina-Hidalgo, M. van Wijk, S. Silvestri, S. Douxchamps, E. Stephenson, B. Power, C. Rigolot, O. Cacho and M. Herrero

Agricultural Systems, 2016, vol. 143, issue C, 106-113

Abstract: In this study we estimate yield gaps for mixed crop–livestock smallholder farmers in seven Sub-Saharan African sites covering six countries (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Senegal and Burkina Faso). We also assess their potential to increase food production and reduce the GHG emission intensity of their products, as a result of closing these yield gaps.

Keywords: Productivity; Yield gap; Emission intensity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2015.12.006

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